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Why NASA Is Working on a 10KW Nuclear Reactor?
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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/techforluddites05221 atomicinsights.com
Polyjoule’s PLASTIC Batteries Can Charge 10 TIMES FASTER than Lithium-Ion
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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/techforluddites12211 We talk about the new plastic batteries developed by PolyJoule and all the wonderful advances that it promises to bring to stationary energy storage and renewable energy storage. SOURCES 1. PolyJoule, Inc Website: www.polyjoule.com/html 2. MIT Technology Review - These plastic batter...
Why Sodium-Ion Batteries Are The Next Big Thing
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Scientists Just Turned Sunlight & Air into Jet Fuel!
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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/techforluddites12211 Air Travel is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise. Now, a group of scientists from ETH, Zurich have devised a way to create carbon neutral air from only sunlight and air.Does the science check out? Does the economics? We investigate. Sources for The Information In This Video:ww...
Will A World Based on Batteries Run Out Of Lithium?
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Go to squarespace.com/techforluddites to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Lithium is what humanity is hoping to replace fossil fuels with. Do we have enough? Wartsila's Map of 100% Renewable Energy - www.wartsila.com/energy/towards-100-renewable-energy/atlas-of-100-percent-renewable-energy#/ Germany's Plan To Be Carbon Neutral By 2045 - www.cleanenergywir...
MIT Alumni Designed Micro-Reactor BURNS Nuclear Waste For Fuel
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Sign up for free at cen.yt/mbtechforluddites and become smarter in 5 minutes - Thanks to Morning Brew for sponsoring today’s video. OKLO is a Nuclear Startup that wants to decarbonise Remote Locations and Off-grid mining operations. Their 1.5 MW Nuclear plant would occupy only 5000 Sq Feet, but could provide clean, carbon-free energy to 1000 homes. And because they use Uranium metal fuel at low...
Iron-Air Batteries Could Be The Start Of A Revolution In Energy Storage
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To potentially win a Tesla Model S Plaid and support Reverb go to www.omaze.com/techforluddites Iron Air Batteries have been all over the news recently. Are they the key to unlocking Renewable Energy? Warning: Concepts have been greatly simplified in order to facilitate an understanding of the fundamental concepts. It's the equivalent of learning that electrons orbit the atom. So don't write th...
Thorcon Just OBLITERATED Nuclear Energy’s Biggest Problem
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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/techforluddites07211 We talk about Thorcon's Nuclear Reactors that are designed to be mass manufactured in shipyards. #thorcon #nuclearpower
Harvard Scientists May Just Have Uncovered the Holy Grail of Battery Technology [May, 2021]
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news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/researchers-design-long-lasting-solid-state-lithium-battery/ For almost five decades, Lithium Metal Batteries or Solid State Batteries have held the promise of capacities, lifetimes, and charging capabilities many times that of today's Lithium Ion batteries. But dendrites and low current densities have held them back. A discovery at Harvard in May of 2021 ...
Thorium Lifters Could Power Civilization for BILLIONS of Years!
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Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/luddites and enter promo code LUDDITES for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors Can Unlock the Atom in a safe way while producing a fraction of the waste that current reactors do. Do we stand at the dawn of another Atomic Age? Gordon's Channel: czcams.com/users/gordonmcdowell Kirk's Website (Flibe Energy) : flibe-energy.com/ ...
We Can Drive Mosquitos To Extinction | Should We?
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Mosquitoes Bad. Time to get rid? Useful Links: Changing a Species Forever : czcams.com/video/OI_OhvOumT0/video.html Ethics of Gene Drives : www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/magazine/gene-drive-mosquitoes.html In defense of DDT : www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/magazine/what-the-world-needs-now-is-ddt.html Kevin Esvelt - www.vice.com/en/article/kz49ge/this-gene-technology-could-change-the-world-its-maker-i...
This WEIRD Grey Goop Could Make The Hydrogen Revolution Inevitable
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Hydrogen was described as “A Big Pain in the ass” by Elon Musk. But a new innovation by a German company might just change all that. Powerpaste is an entirely new medium for carrying the immense energy of hydrogen. We dig into the details. 00:00 - Oh Hi Hydrogen 02:53 - Powerpaste 04:25 - How Much Will It Cost? 06:20 - Justification 09:35 - Possible Applications 11:14 - The Hydrogen Economy(Ba ...
Nikola Tesla’s Dream of Wireless Electricity Might Just Be Possible…On The Moon
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A Phys.org article about a Japanese Company’s plans to put solar panels on the moon caught our interest. So we decided to take a look at what it would take to turn the Moon into a power plant. ⚡️ phys.org/news/2013-11-japanese-firm-luna-solar-energy.html 00:00 - Tesla’s Dream of Wireless Electricity Transmission 02:50 - Diffuse Energy Sources Are Cheap, but….diffuse 03:47 - Lunar Panels? 04:32 ...
We Can Get 1600 KM of Range With Aluminium Batteries
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Could Aluminium-Air Batteries Be the Future of Electric Vehicles? 00:00 - Introduction 01:18 - How aluminium air battery works 02:17 - Aluminium in More Detail 04:52 - Why Aluminium-Air Batteries 08:20 - Let’s run the numbers! 10:20 - Downsides 12:17 - Positives 14:35 - Summary 15:00 - What the Future Holds 16:32 - Final Thoughts Our Equipment: Camera: amzn.to/2u3eDeT Lights: amzn.to/36DoDJ5 Ed...
This Reactor Feeds On Nuclear Waste
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This Reactor Feeds On Nuclear Waste
Environmentalists Hate This Technology. But It Might Yet Save The World
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Environmentalists Hate This Technology. But It Might Yet Save The World
What’s the Value of A Human Life
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What’s the Value of A Human Life
Quantumscape's New EV Battery Can Charge in 2 Minutes
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Quantumscape's New EV Battery Can Charge in 2 Minutes
Did NASA Just Stumble Upon A Source of Clean, Limitless Energy?
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Did NASA Just Stumble Upon A Source of Clean, Limitless Energy?
MIT Professor’s Battery Could Allow Energy Storage on a Massive Scale
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MIT Professor’s Battery Could Allow Energy Storage on a Massive Scale
Did Scientists Just Figure Out How To Lengthen Telomeres and Reverse Aging? [2020]
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Did Scientists Just Figure Out How To Lengthen Telomeres and Reverse Aging? [2020]
What No One Else Is Telling You About Nuclear Fusion
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What No One Else Is Telling You About Nuclear Fusion
According to Cowen Analysts, Starlink has a BIG PROBLEM
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According to Cowen Analysts, Starlink has a BIG PROBLEM
There's a Lot of Water On The Moon!
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There's a Lot of Water On The Moon!
Primordial Genetic Technology Could Rewrite Our Genome
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Primordial Genetic Technology Could Rewrite Our Genome
There’s Something Strange in The Clouds of Venus
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There’s Something Strange in The Clouds of Venus
Hiroshima Proved Their Point | Why Did America Still Bomb Nagasaki?
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Hiroshima Proved Their Point | Why Did America Still Bomb Nagasaki?
Rewa Power Plant and India's March Towards A Solar Powered Grid
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Rewa Power Plant and India's March Towards A Solar Powered Grid
This Battery Can Store Electricity In The Air
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This Battery Can Store Electricity In The Air

Komentáře

  • @cjsunburnedsavage2873

    I would love to know more about these reactors and when we can invest in the companies making them.

  • @ishandutta2045
    @ishandutta2045 Před 8 dny

    Why did they shut down this channel ? It's is covering the cost of Sira Ushapp's salary ?

  • @bodapodopaboqobadopoqabod

    Future of progress: climate change in progressive well willing territorium cover under the vail of the revolution. I see a incoherent fragmentizedddialegtic material

  • @bodapodopaboqobadopoqabod

    Hard to estimate, your level of devotion to subtle sarcasm. The northern hemisphere needs snuggly warmth, not Cherenkov radiators shaped like a wooden punani.

  • @bodapodopaboqobadopoqabod

    Three headed nuke liar 'fishion'

  • @sudhakarreddy1453
    @sudhakarreddy1453 Před 10 dny

    Your way of explanation is 🎉🎉🎉

  • @WillLoveStrong
    @WillLoveStrong Před 10 dny

    Eat greens greens greens. Chlorophyll is abundant in leafy greens, micro greens and sprouts. Much easier to eat lots of greens than buying a hyperbaric chamber.

  • @vincentcleaver1925
    @vincentcleaver1925 Před 14 dny

    I miss our Indian science explainer; where did she go? Atomic bearhugz!!!

  • @vincentcleaver1925
    @vincentcleaver1925 Před 14 dny

    Miss you and you content!!!

  • @vanveakrin276
    @vanveakrin276 Před 21 dnem

    Chinese is all for THORIUM POWER

  • @ratneshtamrakar4151
    @ratneshtamrakar4151 Před 22 dny

    Not making new videos

  • @majaztech
    @majaztech Před 29 dny

    Why u stopped in have a crush on you

  • @bikash31
    @bikash31 Před měsícem

    Come back soon. We miss you ❤

  • @shortbuslife3440
    @shortbuslife3440 Před měsícem

    Where have you gone? WE NEED YOU BACK!

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike1000 Před měsícem

    No, we are not making the atmosphere thicker. This is just not true. There is a layer of warm water vapor that is largely responsible for trapping the vast majority of infrared radiation from the Earth's surface. CO2 is an extreme minor player in GHG heat trapping.

  • @arketor5841
    @arketor5841 Před měsícem

    The prototype of this is ready and the reactor should be ready in 2 3 years

  • @TamoghnaJana99
    @TamoghnaJana99 Před měsícem

    Is this channel dead. 😢!

  • @TheWizardWhiteHawk
    @TheWizardWhiteHawk Před měsícem

    It would help alot if they did like a flashlight and had multiple consmer replaceable battery packs and simple drop off of old for credit like usef cell phones.

  • @krishnamurthy6661
    @krishnamurthy6661 Před měsícem

    we can mix Thoroum (Ur1%:2%Th) with Uranium to controle actual uranium chain we can continu the fission chain as you explaining!!

  • @sudhakarreddy1453
    @sudhakarreddy1453 Před měsícem

    Excellent and very concise presentation 🎉🎉🎉

  • @ridhvikg
    @ridhvikg Před měsícem

    great video! I work in energy storage (having built li-ion storage systems for grid scale systems myself). This was a nice refresher!

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 Před měsícem

    I imagine that there are enough Nuclear Engineering aquainted people in India, that could have already completed every detail of nearly perfect Reactors and tested them, ..that there's no explanation other than bad political problems to explain the situation? ***** Steve Jobs said to his Engineering team, "You Can Do It!", and repeat as many scienced aspect-versions of this as required until results are achieved. If India doesn't know this, who does?

  • @vermillion4971
    @vermillion4971 Před měsícem

    Near luminal speeds of plasma inside a toroid... OMFG what are you talking about woman? Risk of explosion? There is nothing to explode inside a fusion reactor, even pressure inside a vessel is near zero atmospheres. You need to investigate the material better, or stop pretending you even understand what you are talking about...

  • @mamikbehera260
    @mamikbehera260 Před měsícem

    Sira when are you coming next with an awesome video.... We are eagerly waiting

  • @SpaceWolf21
    @SpaceWolf21 Před měsícem

    It makes sense that better air quality equals better health

  • @fuhargautam1687
    @fuhargautam1687 Před 2 měsíci

    U are hot

  • @rajeevp
    @rajeevp Před 2 měsíci

    Where is she?

  • @KaranKumar-pl4fy
    @KaranKumar-pl4fy Před 2 měsíci

    Mam, finally India succeed to build Breeder reactor Prototype in Madras Atomic energy centre and we are in second stage🙏🇮🇳🚩🚩

  • @lajosbaranyi7333
    @lajosbaranyi7333 Před 2 měsíci

    Add the exorbitant taxes and joyriding is out of picture.

  • @tarangtyagi4086
    @tarangtyagi4086 Před 2 měsíci

    a.i girl

  • @anoopbhargavakm7744
    @anoopbhargavakm7744 Před 2 měsíci

    Had watched it 4 yrs back. Now watched it again. Is there any progress

    • @joshuatheunkownuniverse.2475
      @joshuatheunkownuniverse.2475 Před měsícem

      Yop... Indian govt has made a thorium based nuclear reactor, up and running. It's 2 week before news only. We are 2nd country to do this. Even before China.

  • @kunal.2jz
    @kunal.2jz Před 2 měsíci

    It’s been 1yr and 3 months 😢, hope everything is fine ❤

  • @AamirTab-vl4jt
    @AamirTab-vl4jt Před 2 měsíci

    We miss your content Sira... Hope you're good.

  • @lophiz1945
    @lophiz1945 Před 3 měsíci

    The west uses energy to fuel its "decadent lifestyle"? Really? I thought India was the birthplace of Kama Sutra. Between your rape culture and misogyny, I don't think you are in a position to throw stones. Nevertheless, it was the west that invented thorium as an energy source. Otherwise, you would not even know about it.

    • @hmmer3471
      @hmmer3471 Před měsícem

      Highest % of rapes happen in Alaska. Most number of rapes against Native Americans. Is Kamasutra a bad thing? Look at your shthole California

  • @shubham_srt
    @shubham_srt Před 3 měsíci

    Sorry dear, We (The Indian Audience) failed you. 💔

    • @ABCantonese
      @ABCantonese Před 2 měsíci

      She never got big. Thorium reactor and the like just aren't a topic that will grab people unfortunately. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hope she's doing well otherwise.

    • @shubham_srt
      @shubham_srt Před 2 měsíci

      @@ABCantonese frr i tried to find out, surprisingly she has not posted anything on her insta since a long time! i hope she is fine and happy

    • @kartikgudi9609
      @kartikgudi9609 Před 2 měsíci

      She was into tech unboxing and stuff in the beginning. Atleast that was better. She was consistent and showing growth. But she got bored then she started this and after she vanished. In an era where people's attention span is so less. If people are commenting on a year old, video she surely was talented.

    • @shubham_srt
      @shubham_srt Před 2 měsíci

      @@kartikgudi9609 ofcourse! she was a gem! No other indian girl is doing these kinds of videos. hope she is fine and happy in her personal life

    • @princesingh6961
      @princesingh6961 Před 19 dny

      ​@@shubham_srt Not just girls, even the tech *guys* in India haven't been doing anything similar to this. I just now remembered after like 2+years about her channel and it seems she isn't posting anywhere.

  • @YtMgk-hv6op
    @YtMgk-hv6op Před 3 měsíci

    Thorium with small amounts of uranium combined is called ANEEL. Can be used safely for generating energy

  • @FrankJDurante
    @FrankJDurante Před 3 měsíci

    loved the video, and I am a STRONG supporter of nuclear energy, especially the tremendous potential of SMR's, but I recently watched a video that indicates that Thorium reactors creates U233 ( I think that was correct), which is easily used as weapons grade ... would like you thoughts

  • @NitinKumar-rm1xu
    @NitinKumar-rm1xu Před 3 měsíci

    Girl, you're awwsome...

  • @philipwong895
    @philipwong895 Před 3 měsíci

    Femtosecond Laser-Induced Aneutronic Lattice Confinement Fusion Power propulsion Nuclear fusion occurs in massive stars with extreme temperatures and densities. These conditions can be briefly created on Earth by concentrating femtosecond (1e-15) laser pulses on the threaded concave crystalline Lithium Hydride (LiH) cylinder at the bottom of the rocket. The resulting plasma contains lithium, helium ions, protons, and electrons. Pulsed alternating electric fields shape the charged particles to directly generate DC electricity with magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and provide thrust. MHD efficiency is more than 90%, compared with 40% for conventional energy conversion. A 1-femtosecond pulse will penetrate a thousand layers of atoms in that time, but the thermal (phonon) energy will only reach the next layer 21 femtoseconds later. The short pulse minimizes the heating and melting of the underlying material. Incorporating a cavity structure into the target material traps and slows the plasma dispersion and allows for longer interaction times, potentially leading to increased fusion reaction rates. Additionally, the cavity can reduce mass ablation, improve laser absorption, and facilitate better mixing and compression of the fuel material during the implosion phase, thus contributing to more efficient and effective fusion reactions. Cavity produced with additive manufacturing (AM) techniques minimizes variability and allows for the creation of complex structures. The laser can texture the surface to reduce albedo. Alternating pulses of electric fields can be used to expel or attract negative particles or to attract or expel positive particles at critical times during and after each laser pulse. The heavier positive particles absorb more laser energy and contribute to increased fusion rates during prolonged stays. Expelling electrons from the plasma stabilizes the plasma, reduces losses due to electron recombination, and diminishes the effect of Debye shielding. Each subsequent layer absorbs a smaller fraction of the energy. A femtosecond pulse of a single joule will heat a spot of 4um diameter and 0.3 um deep to an intensity of 1e-22 W/cm2. The first thousand layers will receive an average of 12 MeV of energy per atom, equivalent to a temperature of 24 billion kelvin and a velocity of 8e6 m/s for the heavier ions. The velocity of the protons will be faster. From the point of view of the electrons, the ions are stationary. The containment time is estimated to be 21 nanoseconds. The density is 5.7e28 particles per m3. Nuclear Fusion reactions of Lithium and Hydrogen Proton + Lithium-7 = Beryllium-8 (4.42 MeV) = 2 alpha (18.16 MeV); total 22.58 MeV Proton + Lithium-6 = alpha + Helium-3 (4.27 MeV) Proton + Helium-3 = alpha (18.8 MeV) Helium-3 + Lithium-6 = 2 alpha + Proton (16.88 Mev) Helium-3 + Helium-3 = alpha + 2 Protons (12.859 MeV) Lithium Hydride must not be exposed to water. Fusion reactions have to be undertaken inside a vacuum. The laser repetition rate controls the output power level from zero to megahertz. Such a system can be adapted for Earth by converting the charged particles directly to electricity with MHD. The exhausted charged particles can heat molten salt, storing the energy for hydrogen production, synthetic fuel production, seawater desalination, district heating or cooling, powering ships equipped with thermoacoustic Stirling generators, and power plants with supercritical carbon dioxide turbines. With such abundant energy, a trip to the moon would take only 4 hours with an acceleration of 1 G. Similarly, a journey to Mars would require just 5 days, eliminating the need to wait for Earth-Mars alignment. A trip to Saturn will require 10 days. Back to the Future: Fusion Energy from Garbage In theory any solid waste material with a density lower than nickel can be used as fuel. These materials can be mixed with binding agents and compressed into fuel rods. Materials that produce charged particles are preferred. The lower the density, the better. Avoid using materials that can produce gamma rays, neutrons, or radioactive isotopes. Most thermonuclear weapons use lithium hydride (LiH) instead of pure hydrogen for fuel. LiH offers two advantages over pure hydrogen. Firstly, LiH is solid at room temperature, allowing easier storage without extreme pressure or cooling. Secondly, lithium atoms undergo nuclear fission during the explosion, producing tritium (hydrogen-3), which enhances the fusion reaction. Lithium Hydride has a high Heat of Fusion of 2900 joules/gram, low thermal diffusivity of 1.2mm2/s, high melting point of 688oC, a molecular weight of 7.95 grams/mole, density of 0.757 grams/cm3, specific heat capacity of 6.27 j/g.k, and good electrical conductivity.

  • @shivapalani3536
    @shivapalani3536 Před 3 měsíci

    Today India succssed thoruim reactor, jai bharat

  • @vivekpmc1992
    @vivekpmc1992 Před 3 měsíci

    Fast breeder reactor already started in kalpakkam yesterday...so plutonium 239 is going to be produced in larger quantity a step closer to self sustainable Thorium 232..to.Th233 3rd stage nuclear reactor .soving not only major energy issues but disposal of fissile plu 239 . With NSG membership, we may be able to solve world's radioactive Plu239 disposal problem by using in our stage 3 .

  • @stanleytolle416
    @stanleytolle416 Před 4 měsíci

    Sira, this one kind of looks like you have lost your mind.

  • @stanleytolle416
    @stanleytolle416 Před 4 měsíci

    Musk seems to be getting into a authoritarian mindset. Don't worry he is not thing of a human but a machine leading all of us.

  • @stanleytolle416
    @stanleytolle416 Před 4 měsíci

    Solar will have problems with a few months of monsoon. Better to develop new nuclear. Much less land. With high temperature nuclear with heat storage will make it so solar doesn't need to be overbuilt.

  • @Vijaynh-ft8yp
    @Vijaynh-ft8yp Před 4 měsíci

    Where r you😂 live to see inside view of ur perception please come back

  • @baijubawra9196
    @baijubawra9196 Před 4 měsíci

    Hey silly girl start eating well else you will vanish.

  • @pradeepgade8355
    @pradeepgade8355 Před 4 měsíci

    Where are you ?😢

  • @theclimateClub
    @theclimateClub Před 4 měsíci

    Great video. Just a comment on the cycles. The main issue with the total life cycle of iron air isn't the iron electrode but the air electrode. So whilst the iron electrode can last many cycles, the air survives less.

  • @rjn991
    @rjn991 Před 4 měsíci

    Still waiting for this channel's comeback. Sad to see no new videos.